An Ontario woman was fatally struck early Thursday on the 10 Freeway in Bloomington when she was running across the westbound lanes, the California Highway Patrol said.

A vehicle driven by Esther Elaine Parada, 45, crashed into the center divider of the westbound 10 west of Cedar Avenue at 4:28 a.m. She got out of her car and ran across the lanes onto the right shoulder, officers said.

Minutes later, she crossed the westbound lanes again. She was struck in the fast lane by a 1990 Volvo driven by a 56-year-old Arrowbear man. His name was not available. Paramedics pronounced Parada dead at the scene.

A woman and her three children were injured when a large oak tree fell on her car in Waterman Canyon north of San Bernardino, authorities said.

San Bernardino firefighters received a call at 2:18 p.m. Wednesday that a tree as long as 50 feet fell on a moving vehicle on Old Waterman Canyon Road about a mile north of Highway 18.

Firefighters found a woman and three children ranging in age from 4 to 10 years old, trapped in the vehicle. The children suffered minor cuts from flying glass, and the driver received moderate injuries, fire officials said.

Firefighters and search-and-rescue personnel cut the roof off the vehicle to rescue the trapped occupants. They took the woman and children to Loma Linda University Medical Center.

A Needles man has pleaded guilty to possessing more than 100 child pornography images on his computers.

Duane Lee Stowers, 54, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in state prison, San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials said.

Deputies arrested Stowers on Jan. 24 after he brought two computers to a repair shop in Bullhead City, Ariz. Bullhead City police contacted San Bernardino County authorities when the images were discovered, authorities said.

Sheriff’s investigators suspect Stowers downloaded the pictures from the Internet.

The grant covers 80percent of the cost of a new ladder truck, which is needed for rescues and firefighting involving structures more than two stories high, they said.

It’s now up to the city to come up with the remaining $159,000 to cover the cost of the truck. The Redlands Fire Department plans to launch a fundraiser so the balance won’t come out of the city’s general fund.

The 1975 Crown ladder truck being replaced is used as a reserve for a 1998 model. City officials said the 1975 truck will likely be sold to a collector.

The Fire Department expects to receive the new truck before the end of the year.